The Oxford handbook of cities in world history / edited by Peter Clark.

Contributor(s):

Clark, Peter, 1944-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxix, 882 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:

9780199589531 (hbk.)
0199589534 (hbk.)

Other title:

Cities in world history

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 909.09732 OXF 003428

LOC classification:

HT111 .O94 2013

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Peter Clark pt. I EARLY CITIES Surveys 2.Mesopotamia / Augusta McMahon 3.Cities of the Ancient Mediterranean / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill 4.Africa / Kevin MacDonald 5.South Asia / Cameron A. Petrie 6.China / N. Steinhardt Themes 7.Economy / David L. Stone 8.Population and Migration / Luuk de Ligt 9.Power and Citizenship / Mario Liverani 10.Religion and Ritual / J. A. Baird 11.Planning and Environment / Ray Laurence pt. II PRE-MODERN CITIES 12.Medieval Europe / Marc Boone 13.Early Modern Europe: 1500-1800 / Ilja Van Damme 14.Middle East: 7th-15th Centuries / Dominique Valerian 15.The Ottoman City: 1500-1800 / Ebru Boyar 16.China: 600-1300 / Hilde De Weerdt 17.China: 1300-1900 / William T. Rowe 18.Japan's Pre-modern Urbanism / James McClain 19.Port Cities of South East Asia: 1400-1800 / Leonard Blusse 20.Latin America / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Contents note continued: 21.Economy / Jan Luiten van Zanden 22.Population and Migration: European and Chinese Experiences Compared / Anne Winter 23.Power / Marjoleint Hart 24.Culture: Representations / Peter Burke pt. III MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITIES 25.Europe: 1800-2000 / Lynn Hollen Lees 26.Latin America / Alan Gilbert 27.North America / Carl Abbott 28.China: 1900 to the Present / Kristin Stapleton 29.Japan / Paul Waley 30.South Asia / Prashant Kidambi 31.South East Asia and Australia / Peter J. Rimmer 32.Middle East / Mohammad al-Asad 33.Africa: 1000-2010 / Bill Freund 34.Industrialization and the City: East and West / Shaohua Zhan 35.Population and Migration / Leo Lucassen 36.Poverty, Inequality, and Social Segregation / Alan Gilbert 37.The Urban Environment / Martin V. Melosi 38.Creative Cities / Peter Clark 39.Cinema and the City / Hannu Salmi 40.Colonial Cities / Thomas R. Metcalf Contents note continued: 41.Contemporary Metropolitan Cities / Henry Fitts 42.Suburbs / Jussi S. Jauhiainen 43.Port Cities / Carola Hein 44.Conclusion: Cities in Time / Penelope J. Corfield.

Summary: "In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry? Rulers and governments? Competition and collaboration between cities? Or the urban environment and demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by fifty leading scholars drawn from a range of disciplines offers the first detailed comparative study of urban development from ancient times to the present day. The Handbook explores not only the main trends in the growth of cities and towns across the world but also many of the essential themes in the making and remaking of the urban world."--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	909.09732 OXF 003428 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003428

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Peter Clark
pt. I EARLY CITIES
Surveys
2.Mesopotamia / Augusta McMahon
3.Cities of the Ancient Mediterranean / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
4.Africa / Kevin MacDonald
5.South Asia / Cameron A. Petrie
6.China / N. Steinhardt
Themes
7.Economy / David L. Stone
8.Population and Migration / Luuk de Ligt
9.Power and Citizenship / Mario Liverani
10.Religion and Ritual / J. A. Baird
11.Planning and Environment / Ray Laurence
pt. II PRE-MODERN CITIES
12.Medieval Europe / Marc Boone
13.Early Modern Europe: 1500-1800 / Ilja Van Damme
14.Middle East: 7th-15th Centuries / Dominique Valerian
15.The Ottoman City: 1500-1800 / Ebru Boyar
16.China: 600-1300 / Hilde De Weerdt
17.China: 1300-1900 / William T. Rowe
18.Japan's Pre-modern Urbanism / James McClain
19.Port Cities of South East Asia: 1400-1800 / Leonard Blusse
20.Latin America / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Contents note continued: 21.Economy / Jan Luiten van Zanden
22.Population and Migration: European and Chinese Experiences Compared / Anne Winter
23.Power / Marjoleint Hart
24.Culture: Representations / Peter Burke
pt. III MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITIES
25.Europe: 1800-2000 / Lynn Hollen Lees
26.Latin America / Alan Gilbert
27.North America / Carl Abbott
28.China: 1900 to the Present / Kristin Stapleton
29.Japan / Paul Waley
30.South Asia / Prashant Kidambi
31.South East Asia and Australia / Peter J. Rimmer
32.Middle East / Mohammad al-Asad
33.Africa: 1000-2010 / Bill Freund
34.Industrialization and the City: East and West / Shaohua Zhan
35.Population and Migration / Leo Lucassen
36.Poverty, Inequality, and Social Segregation / Alan Gilbert
37.The Urban Environment / Martin V. Melosi
38.Creative Cities / Peter Clark
39.Cinema and the City / Hannu Salmi
40.Colonial Cities / Thomas R. Metcalf
Contents note continued: 41.Contemporary Metropolitan Cities / Henry Fitts
42.Suburbs / Jussi S. Jauhiainen
43.Port Cities / Carola Hein
44.Conclusion: Cities in Time / Penelope J. Corfield.

"In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry? Rulers and governments? Competition and collaboration between cities? Or the urban environment and demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by fifty leading scholars drawn from a range of disciplines offers the first detailed comparative study of urban development from ancient times to the present day. The Handbook explores not only the main trends in the growth of cities and towns across the world but also many of the essential themes in the making and remaking of the urban world."--Provided by publisher.

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